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Leaders in the volunteer world are becoming very frustrated because: Nobody is stepping up. Nobody is pulling their weight. Nobody seems to care anymore. Leaders are ready to quit, or at least, coast. They become less willing to have tough conversations. They become complainers rather than inspirers. As a coach, I’m here to remind them
Last year there was an internet meme (is that what it’s called?) about how Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos earns a gazillion dollars a second (approximately) while some Amazon employees struggle to get by and others rely on food stamps because they can’t make ends meet on what they earn. The contrast was meant to vilify
A fatal mistake for a coach is to hear the client’s topic and assume you know how to proceed. The topic needs to be held lightly. It is your first glimpse of a mystery, and you don’t even know what aspect of the mystery you’ve observed. Many analogies come to mind. Ninety percent of an
Maybe all of your coaching clients are “eagles” – they set goals, work hard, never quit, and live with an awesome level of intentionality. Good for you; you can stop reading now. For the rest of us, we have clients (as well as that person staring at us from the mirror) who struggle to clarify
Have you ever sat in a meeting and wondered, “What is this about?” I don’t mean in some existential crisis sort of way, but in a purpose sort of way. I have. In fact, this happens in at least half the meetings I attend. I sit there as someone (often the team leader or person
I think it was Mark Twain who said the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. Sometimes what seems like a small matter is a really big deal. Such is the case with distinctions in coaching. Distinctions help a
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